197 – Atlanta Olympic swim 1996 – Kieren Perkins
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Australian champion swimmer Kieren Perkins barely qualified for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, and only just made the final for the 1500 metre event
Shawn and Mark discuss how extraordinary ‘turn-arounds’, under promising and over delivering, and reduced expectations of self can sometimes lead to world class moments
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Tags: Kieren Perkins, adversity, turn-around, inspirational, under promise, over deliver
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Kieren Perkins 1996 – Superfish
Prep for Atlanta Olympics
Daniel Kowalski ‘up and comer’ tipped for gold
K’s form slumped personal and health problems. Past his prime, self-talk was pretty ‘has been’
400 (world record holder)/800 metres didn’t qualify > only for 1500 m
Scrapes heats into the 1500 m final
Lane 8 – “same water as everyone else, give it a crack..”
Increased his lead with every lap throughout race
Led the whole race and won by 7 seconds and 20 metres
ahead of second placegetter
Things don’t always turn out the way you planned
Adversity (and taking the pressure off) can inspire amazing performance
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